The "wife" feud, which initially many though was merely a sideshow between Donal Trump and Ted Cruz, has taken a quick turn for the ugly and is escalating dramatically with every passing day, and now that even the National Enquirer has entered the fray, has rapidly devolved to nothing less than the surreal twilight zone.

Or, as we summed up, "a Cruz fan uses naked images of Trump's wife to disparage him to saintly 'Utah-ans'; Trump pissed; Cruz warns Trump not to reciprocate; Trump shows ugly picture of Cruz's wife; Cruz unleashes inner Hulk as Trump dares to do what Cruz reps did to him."

That was just the last few days.

And then the tabloids jumped on board.

Overnight, Trump-linked National Enquirer, alleged that the Texas senator is "hiding five different mistresses." According to its source, identified as a "Washington insider," "private detectives are digging into at least five affairs Ted Cruz supposedly had," and "the leaked details are an attempt to destroy what's left of his White House campaign." The supposed affairs are detailed in the Enquirer's most recent print issue.

Though unconfirmed, the rumor sparked chatter across social media Friday with the hashtag #CruzSexScandal, with reactions, as expected, ranging from one end of the spectrum to the other.

Considering the source, we doubt there is much veracity to the alleged "Cruz sex scandal", although the tabloid has had its share of "broken" news stores in the past.

As was to be expected, Cruz immediately denounced the article as "garbage, complete and utter lies" and accused his opponent Donald Trump of being the source of the story as Reuters reports.

"It's tabloid smear, and it is a smear that has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen," a clearly perturbed Cruz told reporters at a press conference in Wisconsin, as the battle for the Republican presidential nomination reached new levels of personal rancor.

Trump issued a statement saying he was not responsible for the article.

"I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin' Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and henchman and then pretend total innocence," Trump said in the statement. "Ted Cruz’s problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz."

In other words, just as Cruz had "nothing" to do with the first naked photo of Melania that started off this latest scandal, so Trump had "nothing" to do with the Enquirer article.

Alas, the damage for Cruz may already have been done: the article exploded on Twitter overnight on Thursday. By Friday morning #CruzSexScandal was a worldwide trending topic on Twitter.

And while Trump has distanced himself from the Enquirer article, very much the same way Cruz distanced himself from the original attack ad, an aide to Donald Trump on Friday did fulfil the businessman's threat to "spill the beans" on Republican presidential rival Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi.

As The Hill first reported, Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson rattled off a list of attacks three days after Trump first made the threat.

"Spilling the beans is quite simple when it comes to Heidi Cruz," Pierson said in an interview with MSNBC's Steve Kornacki.

"She is a Bush operative; she worked for the architect of NAFTA, which has killed millions of jobs in this country; she was a member on the Council on Foreign Relations who — in Sen. Cruz's own words, called a nest of snakes that seeks to undermine national sovereignty; and she's been working for Goldman Sachs, the same global bank that Ted Cruz left off of his financial disclosure," Pierson said.

"Her entire career has been spent working against everything Ted Cruz says that he stands for," she added.

Cruz spokeswoman Alice Stewart responded to the remarks in a statement to The Hill, saying, "There's no low the Trump campaign won't go."

Earlier in the MSNBC interview, Pierson said "this isn't about Heidi Cruz, this is about Melania Trump. Melania Trump was the one that was attacked."

Incidentally, she is right, even though that means that this most hypnotic scandal in the republican presidential primary race - and perhaps any US presidential race yet - is nowhere close to over as neither candidate can possibly concede defeat on a topic that is "near and dear" to the heart as one's wife.

And.. even though a politician, a lawyer who handed out Teddy Bears on the Border, defended eminent domain for private beneficiaries and has an ex-Goldman wife with (past?) depression problems, Cruz is better than anyone out there but Trump.

I doubt if trump and his small team had anything to do with National Enquirer, but even if they did, Cruz is now getting a taste of his own greasy tactics. And dare I say, he just got his ass kicked by Trump.

"I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin' Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and henchman and then pretend total innocence," Trump said in the statement. "Ted Cruz’s problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz."

"Spilling the beans is quite simple when it comes to Heidi Cruz," Pierson said in an interview with MSNBC's Steve Kornacki.

"She is a Bush operative; she worked for the architect of NAFTA, which has killed millions of jobs in this country; she was a member on the Council on Foreign Relations who — in Sen. Cruz's own words, called a nest of snakes that seeks to undermine national sovereignty; and she's been working for Goldman Sachs, the same global bank that Ted Cruz left off of his financial disclosure," Pierson said.

"Her entire career has been spent working against everything Ted Cruz says that he stands for," she added.

Pierson is an amazing female spokesperson for Trump. She will have a good time with Hillary.

In fact, if you pay attention you might notice just how tough and smart all of the people who surround Trump are. They are prepared and take shit from no one, but are very smooth at the same time. He knows how to hire (and fire). Good omen, and we are way past needing those leadership talents in this country. Maybe Trump would fill positions with people who fought and scraped their way up instead of waltzing in on an Ivy League degree.

As The Hill first reported, Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson rattled off a list of attacks three days after Trump first made the threat.

"Spilling the beans is quite simple when it comes to Heidi Cruz," Pierson said in an interview with MSNBC's Steve Kornacki.

"She is a Bush operative; she worked for the architect of NAFTA, which has killed millions of jobs in this country; she was a member on the Council on Foreign Relations who — in Sen. Cruz's own words, called a nest of snakes that seeks to undermine national sovereignty; and she's been working for Goldman Sachs, the same global bank that Ted Cruz left off of his financial disclosure," Pierson said.

"Her entire career has been spent working against everything Ted Cruz says that he stands for," she added.

And that's all true...fuck, people...we've known this shit about her and Ted for years. She's a CFR and Vampire Squid operative, and he's a Bush family operative. This is not "new news", bitchez.

Infowars has been on this from day one a very long time ago. Even ZH has been on this for a very long time.

Cruz is a fake Tea Party guy from Texas from the very beginning. Rubio was a fake Tea Party guy from Florida from the very beginning.

Can we all connect those fucking dots now???? GW=TED JB=RUBIO

what two huge fucking states do the Bushes and their allies need? Texas and Florida.

This is all a fucking scam. Cruz...just like Rubio...BOTH OF THEM! Neither of them are even eligible to be the fucking president! Ya get it????

It's a fucking take-over of hispanic politicians in order to suck in all the illegal southern American invaders and overthrow the country.

It's just another way of doing it.

Obama and the Marxists or the Bushes and the Central and Southern American hispanics...and then blend them all together to go against all us "white-privilege, racist Americans" who need to be destroyed.

That's the plan, bitchez.

Remember...the Bush's were the original funders of the Nazi's along w/ the British Royals who all started WWII.

They're just continuing what they started 80 years ago, folks.

These people are all scumbags and traitors...all of them. Okay...99% of them.

And they all hate your guts.

And they all want you dead for the most part. They don't care. They want you dead.

You useless breather...you useless eater...you useless piece of shit.

That's how these so-called "upper-class" globalists think of you. If they can't use you for what they want then they would rather kill you in a heart beat or just bleed you dry of everything you got.

We all know that Donald Trump has made American jobs one of his main planks for his campaign and he actively threatened Ford Motor Company with import taxes for moving to Mexico with a 2.5 billion dollar auto plant.

In an interview with CNBC, Ford CEO Mark Fields said that the automaker would be “here to stay.” He also said he had outlined his company’s plans in a letter to Trump. While he didn’t offer specifics about whether Ford would be rolling back it’s $2.5 billion expansion of the company’s operations in Mexico, it was clear that Fields was committed to addressing Trump’s complaints directly. “Ford Motor Co. is here to stay in the United States,” Fields said. “We’re very proud as a company of what we do in terms of contributing to economic development here in the U.S.,” he added.

Ford Motor Company just blinked, and that means that the insiders at Ford are moving forward with a Trump Presidency as the possibility in November.

Cruz: I posted here several months ago his chart was loaded with kink and that is where they should look for scandal.

Rumor is there are 10 women, one of whom dresses like a man for him and at least 1 man.

"By 2012, she was working on the long-shot congressional bid by state Solicitor General Ted Cruz, who was hoping to become Texas’ next U.S. senator. He overcame steep odds to become the state’s junior senator."

imo she is not a spy. she is someone who, perhaps, can be taken in by a poser but also can ferret out the truth quickly (wiki):

After voting for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, Pierson joined the Tea Party movement, becoming an activist.[citation needed] Pierson founded a local Tea Party group in Garland, Texas.[5][third-party source needed] She actively supported Ted Cruz in the 2012 Senate race in Texas and appeared on stage with him on election night.

p.s. she is the child of a black man and white woman, was raised in poverty and graduated in biology from the university of texas.

In this video, https://youtu.be/1dB3VXwD6X0?t=106Ted Cruz shows off a press-on tattoo. He got the tattoo on a TUESDAY, April 1, 2014, (During lunch apparently, maybe Congress hotel?) On that very same day, at the very same time, Amanda Carpenter also had the exact same press-on tattoo of Winston Churchill on her back left shoulder, a spot that would be impossible for her to reach herself, or with her shirt on. They then both tweeted the pics when they got back to work. Brazen flaunt? These are all facts. Draw your own conclusion.

I wonder if this is the ladies’ restroom in the Capital Grille, looks like the background shown in the selfie tattoo-in-mirror picture?

Granite countertop, marble stalls, wood doors undercut approximately 12 to 18 inches. Probably a restaurant, but could be a Marriott.

MORE REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR TED CRUZ.. He worked for Bush/Cheney too, remember? ~~~~~~ (among othe titles) He was Bush’s Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal TRADE Commission — working with the UN – WTO – GATT – World Economic Forum – fast-tracking – “Security and Prosperity Partnership in North America” )’open’ borders and unlimited green cards among the partners – NAFTA – TPP, etc! …… All the while (among other positions) Heidi is Special Assistant to Bush TRADE Ambassador, Robert Zoellick ~~ whom she left with for her 5 year stint on the “Council of Foreign Relations” (only resigning for Ted’s Senate run.) …. and she helped author “Building a North American Community” (“Union”). … Robert Zoellick went on to be President of the ‘World’ Bank … and is now International Director for Goldman Sachs …. Heidi went on to be VP and Regional Dirctor of Goldman Sachs! (smell the rat yet?) ……… Ted Cruz was also commissioned to return to DC and help Bush push through Kennedy/McCain’s “Compreshensive Immigration Reform” (worse than Rubios) …. in the Amnesty Wars of 2006-2007.

Trump should boil down what Pierson said and tell Americans that for 10 years - Ted Cruz and his wife have been working with the Bushes, CFR and globalists to F*CK American citizens. Cruz is Bush scum. Cruz is a wesealy Cuban Canadian. Dual shitizen.